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"Bush's performance was horrible. Even if he
shows some comeback in future debates, and argues coolly just as well as
Kerry did in the first debate, the next two scheduled engagements will never
provide a full recovery."
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A Secret No More!
THE LONE STAR RANGER UNMASKED!
Posted October 5, 2004
thepeoplesvoice.org
By: Ted Lang
There is no need to review again what has already been made both painfully
and abundantly clear and repeatedly observed: Senator John Kerry cleaned
President George Bush's clock in the first televised presidential debate in
the three part series. And although The New York Times and the network TV
news media are biased in favor of Democrat John Kerry, and Rush Limbaugh,
talk radio and FOXSNews are biased favoring Republican President George
Bush, the only dime's worth of difference between the two candidates is in
their debate and speechmaking capabilities - Bush doesn't have any!
Not that what either candidate has to say is of any value anyway; this
column has always offered that all politicians are liars and will support
whatever legislation comes with the largest bribe or political advantage for
either themselves or their party. What's best for the people, as well as
what is in compliance with the Constitution, are never even remotely
considered. The he said/he said scenario only has meaning for Rush Limbaugh
and his ilk that earn millions of dollars annually analyzing the meaningless
discourse of politicians. For Limbaugh, anything a Republican says is
gospel. For Dan Rather, anything a Democrat says is gospel. Lacking is a
truly free and independent media analysis of the real issues.
A major distraction related to the Bush administration is the truly annoying
and frustrating secret and behind-closed-doors conduct of its government
operations. Burning issues, the 9-11 defense non-response of our nation for
over an hour, the whitewash and cover-up by the 9-11 Commission, Abu Ghraib,
the AIPAC scandal, and now the FBI translation tape scandal, are all quietly
disappearing or relegated as gross overreactions, and do not exude
confidence. These cover-ups put a premium on any honest discussion that
would contribute greatly to putting the public at ease. But the losing war
that we were falsely motivated to ignite in Iraq is coming apart, and the
fiasco is fragging out of control.
These realities are beginning to reach the public in bits and pieces, driven
largely by "leaks" from the true news and opinion medium: the Internet.
News and information long known by web surfers is only now hitting the
mainstream media. And it is precisely this environment that sets the tone
of public expectation that needed to be addressed by the debate. Kerry didn
't disappoint - Bush was a sweating, choking, scowling, water-gulping
disaster. Considering the precarious position he put us in, destabilizing
the entire word into nuclear saber rattling while horrifically increasing
the terrorist threat of attack on our own soil, Bush's bumbling in front of
the entire nation will not be soon forgotten.
It was indeed the demeanor of the uninformed, one that relies upon
established and confirmed party loyalties feigning a comfort zone that is
his alone. It exposes a chief executive that is detached, and propped up
instead in the daily performance of his awesome duties by unseen, unelected
"advisors" and "consultants" that have no sense of responsibility to the
public, nor do they ever exhibit any modicum of accountability to the
voters. They are the president's "handlers." The present day news and
opinion political landscape will not tolerate such an uninformed display on
the part of the president.
The tremendous advantage a candidate has in terms of good public speaking is
indeed an important asset, and might be useful in offsetting poor job
performance. But given the current deteriorating situation highlighted
daily via the news from Iraq, Bush's performance was horrible. Even if he
shows some comeback in future debates, and argues coolly just as well as
Kerry did in the first debate, the next two scheduled engagements will never
provide a full recovery. As the debates stray into domestic issues, were a
less than stellar Republican execution is now a major liability in terms of
job losses, job outsourcing, gasoline prices and the stock market
uncertainty attributable to all these and the War in Iraq, Bush is headed
for some rough waters.
Bush has set the stage for his own failure. His super secret government
cannot now come clean with any astonishing revelations as to the
administration's superior handling of anything! The secrets have now been
unduly aged, and any truth will at this time be viewed as mere campaign
rhetoric. And one thing is no longer a secret: Bush seems clueless as to
what is going on in his own secret government and is totally unable to
muster any kind of convincing justification without the coaching and
assistance from his handlers.
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© THEODORE E. LANG 10/5/04 All rights reserved.
Ted Lang is a political analyst and a freelance writer.
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